Guangzhou. Pop. 10,045,800. Currency Yuan. Language Cantonese. Time Zone GMT + 8 hours. Main Airport – Guangzhou Baiyun CAN. Best Time to go – between October and November, April and May which avoids high humidity in summer. Guangzhou the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China and is about about 120 km (75 miles) north west of Hong Kong. The city is a major port on the Pearl River, which is navigable to the South China Sea. Guangzhou is the third largest city in China and is famous for foreign trade and business, and holds China's largest business trade fair, the Canton Fair. Despite the large numbers of sky-scrapers and office blocks there is a lot of historic buildings to see. Major landmarks include: Guangxiao Temple (pilgrimage site for Zen Buddhists); Liurong Temple (6th century building); Chinese Medicine Market; Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall; Guangzhou City Art Museum; Guangdong Museum of Art; and Peasant Movement Institute. The city is known for it’s parks and gardens such as: Huanghua Gang Commemoration Park; Yuntai Garden; Xiangjiang Wild Animal Safari Park; and Grand World Scenic Park. A popular way of seeing the city is to take Pearl River dinner cruise, which is one of the best ways of seeing the city skyline. Visitors may be surprised that Guangzhou is also regarded as one of China's most prosperous, liberal, and cosmopolitan cities.

The Garden Hotel, Guangzhou, is centrally located in Huanshi Dong Lu, the commercial and financial hub of the city close to the Trade Fair Centre, and within easy reach of the railway, ferry terminal, and Baiyun Airport. The 1003 well-appointed guest rooms at this property offer a range of amenities to ensure a relaxing stay.

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Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China. The city is also known by an older English-language name, Canton. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120km north-west of Hong Kong.

Guangzhou is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau. In the era of tea clippers, Guangzhou was known in the West as "Canton". The food and the language of the area are still known as "Cantonese", and the airport code is CAN. While Guangzhou is not usually high on the list of Asian tourist destinations, it is amazing how much the city actually has to offer.